Privacy has become a big issues when it comes to the internet as people are able to publish stuff anonymously this means people no longer have to worry about the law chasing them us on what they said. There are several examples of this; the first is injunctions and super injunctions.
Injunctions stop people being able to talk about what a person has done; this means the newspapers are able to talk about someone taking out an injunction but not to talk about what the injunction is about. Whereas the next step is a super injunction this stops people being able to talk about any information regarding it and even the fact that it exists. This further protects the person that it involved being mentioned, a recent thing where this has happened with a football player shows that with a lot of money you will be able to take one out whereas the other person involved in it was unable to do this so it was still made public. Furthermore when the other person involved it confronted about it they are unable to say anything regarding the matter otherwise they will be breaking the super injunction. In a case where this has happened the person involved can face going to prison, this leads us on to how the internet has caused problems for this.
On the internet people are able to create accounts without using their real identity as you can easily make an email address for someone that doesn’t exist and further go on to sign up to other sites using this address. An example of this is when someone anonymously started accusing a British writer of having a super injunction (gagging order),this supposed gagging order is allegedly so that intimate photo’s will not be able to be published . The person that started these rumours has managed to keep their identity a secret by doing it anonymously but in a serious case police can try to trace them but things like internet cafes will make it a difficult job for them.
In the above case the internet has cause problems but other ways the internet is able to do so is by publishing private information. The Star Wars Kid was a boy who posted a video on youtube that got millions of views, it also lead to him being bullied online and probably by those who know him. Due to the popularity newspapers we happy to state his name which would undoubtedly go on to cause more problems for him, but Wikipedia decided that they weren’t going to publish his name after requested by his parents. Newspapers are something that go to pass but what is up on the internet will stay up and can be found by anyone and at anytime.
This are just a few examples of problems that are being faced, the main thing that people have a problem with is that the super injunction is affecting our freedom of speech. The worry that most people have regarding the topic of super injunctions is that these many be taken out against important things that we feel we have a right to know, something a lot more serious than someone famous having an affair. With celebrities and their private life it has been argued that it’s not with-in the public interest, although the public are very interested in the gossip they don’t feel that it is something we need to know. Personally I feel that I understand why super injunctions and injunctions exist but its extreme for someone to face going to prison just for talking about something they don’t want them to.
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